I agree. It was a pretty overrated series. I played the games and It wasn't really anything special. I remember picking up one of these titles and the story was non-existent. I remember finally finishing the game and the character just flies off into space and then the credits rolls. I was pissed.

That was Timesplitters 2 easily one of the best console shooters ever made, so what about the story ? that wasn't the main attraction of the game, it was the fast paced arcade gameplay, ridiculous characters, and crazy guns, the game had allot of charm, and was increibly lighthearted something thats non existent in todays pretentious, political war shooters like COD playing those games with 2-4 of your friends is ridiculously fun, i miss those days. :-(

I think the publishers had a point, although timesplitters remains one one of the best multiplayer splitscreen experiences last gen, this developer had a disastrous start to the current gen by putting out Haze. So i can understand the skepticism of a publisher that is about to invest a couple million in a project.

But then look at Borderlands , i know there different games but there in the same ballpark, colourful characters , various enviroment's , light hearted humor, Co-op/ multiplayer focused, fast paced, arcady gameplay.

Borderlands 1 sold surprisingly well something like 4.5 million copies thats incredible for a new ip and especially for such an obscure genre, there is an audience for a game like Timesplitters, a game like that would easily stand out in a industry saturated in , grey, blood soaked, military, shooters easily. It just needs clever marketing.

Best couch splitscreen games from last gen: 1.Timesplitters 1-4(Nothing like running around as the smallest character so everyone had to aim down.) 2.Turok 1&2(Cerebral bore' nuff said.) 3.N64 Goldeneye (Remote mines with the infinit cheat on in multiplayer) 4.N64 WCW games (remeber everyone picking Goldberg and spearing everyone.)

...ok Now I want to get the N64 out, some controlls, friends over, and some booze'. Is it weird I enjoyed those more then Gears of War, Call of Duty, and games of now. Im not jaded or acting like an elitist, just way better times.

" “that you can’t market a game that is based around a diverse set of characters and environments – you need a clear and easily communicated marketing message, and TimeSplitters doesn’t have one.”"

This is just...the worst. To play on their terms, however, you could easily craft an image for TS. ADHD crazy cartoon action.

Make a bunch of commercials with monkeys running around with bazookas. After they kill several future theme'd robots, show them hopping through a portal to 18th century England where a guy steps into frame with a blunderbuss and an army of zombies and says something short, snappy, and with a heavy cockney accent. Something like " 'ullo dearies". Zoom out and show aliens in space about to fire down on the whole scenario. Someone busts through a portal on the UFO, killing the aliens and taking control of the UFO only to crash it into big ben. TIMESPLITTERS, BITCH.

I've beaten Crysis 2 and it really was one of the most mediocore experiences I have ever played on my PS3. Completely bland gameplay. Broken uses of armor mode and invisibility. Terrible physics on the PS3 version. Just a well around boring game.

Time Splitters 4 would've been a great addition to a sea full of military shooters, so we gamers can finally say. "Its a unique shooter! Can it really be?" I love that feeling

The same can be said about a lot of games now a days and they still get published. Time splitters is a great shooter, at least the first two one's were. People have to u derstand that the original creaters which were a lot of x rare members are probably not even with free radical anymore. So that creative magic wouldn't be there anymore.

Shooters have come a long way from then to now and free radical would have to step it up to likes and maturity of the modern day shooters like call of duty, criss and resistance just to name a few.

I think free radical shoukd just move on for now to another project or perhaps a more dark fps and if its successful then tbey can give ts another go. Im always looking forward to a time splitters game.